Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-23
CITY SCHOOL BOARD.
MONTHLY KREfIHa HELD YEstLk'
DAY EVENING.
Proposed improvements at the Hign
School Technical Gducatiou-New
School Buildings.

The monthly meeting Of the City
School Board was held at the Rich
mond High-School building yesterday
afternoon at o'clock. Present: }.
Taylor EllysoD, William Lovenstein,
DR.. s. p. Moore r. T. Briggs, E. ID.
Starke, T. Wiley Davis, William IL.
Williams, John b. Cary, superintend-
ent Charles p. Rady, clerk and super
visor. Il. Phillips and G.. ". Bryan
absent from the city.
supERrNTENDENT's MONTHLY REPORT.
The Superintendent submitted his
monthly report, in which he calls at
tention to the proposed reorganization
of the Richmond High and Normal
Schools, by which the course in Latin,
French, German, and Mathematics in
the High School shall be heightened,
and instruction in methods of teaching
and school management shall be added.
The course in the colored Normal
School to be the same as that hereto
fore in use in the High School. These
change are to be introduced gradually
one half during the session of lSS7-'SS
and the other half during lSSS-'S9. BY
the adoption of this plan the present
senior class will not graduate until
June, 1883. Graduates of former ses-
sions who desire to secure the benefits
of this advanced course must make ap-
plication to re-enter the school, and If
sufficient number shall apply q class
will be formed at once.
TECHNICAL EDUCATION.
The Committee on Teachers AMI
Schools. of which DR.. S. Z. Moore is
chairman, offered the following recon-
mendatlOn:
The question of technical education
is now receiving widespread and de-
served attention. Its value in preparing
our boys for the practical work of life
can hardly be overcstimated. III ar
rapgements could be made to add a
technical school to our system, 1t would
be well to put our boys i'll this school
as soon as they have completed the
grammar-school course, and give them
such combination of brain-work and
head-work as will secure the requisite
mental discipline, and at the same time
the skill necessary for successful en-
trance into the ordinary departments
of business life. This has been done
in several cities, and the plan has been
in successful operation for number OF
yearsat the Miller Manual Labor School
IN Albcmalle county, Va.
DELLEvUE- SCHOOL GROUNDS.
The board adopted n resolution call
ing on the City Council to assess the
value of the land proposed to he taken
from the school to open Twenty. second
street, and with the proceeds purchase
additional ground for the school.
NEW SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
4 communication was received from
the City Council turning over the West
End. Marshall, and Moore school build
ings to the board. The supervisor has
taken charge and has placed the desks
and other appliances so as to be ready
for opening on the 18th OF September.
House-bulldiDg reflects great credit on
the Committee on Schools of the City
Council, of which Mr. j. G. Dickerson
is chairman. They are models OF arcbi.
lecture, and will he OF great service to
the school system.
The contract for wood was awarded
to Mr.. Benjamin t. Crump.
After transaction of routine business
the board adjourned.